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Current Status

Last updated: Nov 11, 2006, Michael Sparks

Axon - Core Concurrency framework- version 1.5.1 - overview of status

API Stable for generator components
Beta status API for Thread based components
Non-CPU-greedy capable (scheduler can sleep and be awoken by threads)
Production ready (>6 months on a running system)

Kamaelia - the toy box - version 0.5.0

Full coverage of core aims (introspection, network, graphics & codec capable, graphical systems composer, large examples)
API is subject to change (hence 0.5.0 status), but includes:

Network - beta production ready (TCP/UDP/Multicast clients/servers)

Graphics/GUI capabilities - Pygame, OpenGL, Tkinter (stable)

Protocols - HTTP, BitTorrent - beta status

Codec support - Dirac (encode/decode), Vorbis(decode), Speex(encode/decode), MP3 (decode - via pymedia)

PyMedia based support for some audio codecs & audio capture

Devices:

Alsa, DVB (digital TV broadcast)

Unix Shell outs

eg to call transcoding tools

Larger scale systems in the distribution

Kamaelia Macro (timeshift & transcode what's broadcast for viewing at a more convenient time)
P2P Whiteboard (supporting multiple pages, linked whiteboards, audio mixing and retransmission, etc)

Compose - a graphical composition tool for creating pipelines
Axon Shell - a specialised command line allowing the launch of components as well as programs
Axon Visualiser - a pygame based system for visualising what's going on inside a Kamaelia system (uses a physics model (based on a lava lamp(!) )for layout that we've had repeated comments looks fun/attractive :)
Show - a presentation tool

Examples for many major subsystems
Extensive Documentation (at minimum detailed module level docs - ala pydoc)

Ongoing Projects
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